Parasitic Diseases

Tapeworm removed from man’s brain after months of ‘awful’ headaches, Texas doctors say - Fort Worth Star-Telegram Tapeworm removed from man’s brain after months of ‘awful’ headaches, Texas doctors say - Fort Worth Star-Telegram A Man With a Tapeworm in His Brain Just Had Surgery to Remove It After 10 Years - Health.com Raw sewage is a toxic stew that can infect people, pets - Sun Sentinel Doctors remove tapeworm from man’s brain: ‘It was life-threatening’ - Yahoo Food Tumour on Edmonton woman's liver was rare parasite, not cancer - National Post Tapeworm removed from man’s brain after months of ‘awful’ headaches, Texas doctors say - Fort Worth Star-Telegram Posted: 27 Jan 2020 07:41 AM PST [unable to retrieve full-text content] Tapeworm removed from man's brain after months of 'awful' headaches, Texas doctors say    Fort ...

Can't Figure Out What's Wrong? 5 Symptoms of Intestinal Parasites to Look For - - VENTS Magazine Can't Figure Out What's Wrong? 5 Symptoms of Intestinal Parasites to Look For - - VENTS Magazine Posted: 26 Dec 2019 12:00 AM PST RJ Frometa December 26, 2019 Health , Other Stuff Related Articles You returned home after a trip overseas. After a few days, you begin to feel ill. Your stomach aches repeatedly, and you have frequent diarrhea. You're eating more than usual over the past few days. However, you're still losing weight. And, you cannot sleep at night. You're irritable due to a lack of sleep. You're also extremely fatigued throughout the day. All of these are symptoms of intestinal parasites. You can get intestinal parasites by drinking contaminated water or consuming undercooked meat. The primary symptoms include weight loss, diahrrea, fatigue, rashes, and s...

Association between socioeconomic status and the development of mental and physical health conditions in adulthood: a multi-cohort study - The Lancet Association between socioeconomic status and the development of mental and physical health conditions in adulthood: a multi-cohort study - The Lancet Posted: 30 Jan 2020 03:38 PM PST [unable to retrieve full-text content] Association between socioeconomic status and the development of mental and physical health conditions in adulthood: a multi-cohort study    The Lancet New tropical disease detected in Brazil defies treatment - SciDev.Net Posted: 17 Oct 2019 12:00 AM PDT [unable to retrieve full-text content] New tropical disease detected in Brazil defies treatment    SciDev.Net You are subscribed to email updates from "parasitic diseases list" - Google News . To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now . Email de...

Officials Confirm 9th Case Of Rat Lungworm Disease - Honolulu Civil Beat Officials Confirm 9th Case Of Rat Lungworm Disease - Honolulu Civil Beat Posted: 30 Jan 2020 06:14 PM PST There were nine cases of rat lungworm disease acquired in Hawaii County in 2019, state health department officials announced Thursday. An adult resident of Kauai is believed to have caught the parasitic disease during a December trip to the Big Island, making the individual the sixth Hawaii resident to fall ill. The other three cases were tourists. Angiostrongylus cantonensis parasitic larvae can unknowingly find themselves in human hosts and cause severe neurological damage and even death as they mature into nematode worms. CDC, DPDx The symptoms this patient felt included headaches, nausea, vomiting, neck stiffness and joint pain, prompting the person to seek medical care. A medical investigation was unable to determine how the person contracted t...

Technicalities: Piggybacks and Parasites | Flying - Flying Technicalities: Piggybacks and Parasites | Flying - Flying Posted: 30 Jan 2020 09:26 AM PST Lufthansa took the principle a step further, launching twin-engine Dorniers to Brazil from a catapult-equipped ship parked on the coast of Africa. Twins were considered unequal to the weather of the North Atlantic, however, and the German shipbuilding firm of Blohm & Voss, which had an active airplane-manufacturing component, produced a four-engine floatplane, designated Ha 139, with a takeoff weight of 39,000 pounds—of which, you guessed it, about a third was fuel. It too was catapult-launched from a ship. You are subscribed to email updates from "How do you treat parasites" - Google News . To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now . Email delivery powered by Google Google, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United Sta...

Tapeworm removed from Texas man’s brain after months of headaches - FOX 59 Indianapolis Tapeworm removed from Texas man’s brain after months of headaches - FOX 59 Indianapolis Posted: 27 Jan 2020 10:57 AM PST (KXAN/Ascension Seton) AUSTIN (KXAN) — An Austin man knew something was wrong when he fainted in the middle of a soccer game last year. He'd been dealing with awful headaches and "feeling off," but his tumble during soccer prompted him to check it out. An MRI revealed the surprise culprit — a tapeworm in his brain. The man  — whose name hasn't been released — was shocked. Dr. Jordan Amadio, neurosurgeon at Ascension Seton, said the man's case was "rare and truly extraordinary." After a complex surgery, the man no longer has headaches and is back at work and feeling normal. While he doesn't know where the tapeworm may have been contracted, he says he thinks it may have been the...

A Man Developed an 'Eggshell' in His Testicle Due to Parasitic Worms - Livescience.com A Man Developed an 'Eggshell' in His Testicle Due to Parasitic Worms - Livescience.com Posted: 10 Jan 2020 12:00 AM PST An 80-year-old man in India developed a bizarre, eggshell-like material around his testicle — the result of a rare reaction to a chronic infection, according to a new report of the case.  The man first went to the doctor because he was experiencing symptoms of a urinary tract infection , including blood in his urine, according to the report, which was published Jan. 6 in the journal BMJ Case Reports . That's when doctors discovered that he had an enlarged and "stony hard" right testicle. CT scans then revealed that the man had a fluid-filled sac around his testicle that had begun to calcify, or harden with deposits of calcium. Related: 27 Oddest Medical Case Reports The fluid-fil...